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I'm looking to create static pages (www.mydomain.com/staticpage) just as you see in the top right corner of this site (http://drupal.org/support).
Does anyone know how to do this?
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The path module
Enable the path module (part of the core) and then when adding/editing content you can set a path alias (if you have the needed permissions).
Exactly what I was looking for... :)
Thank you. This is exactly what I needed... is there a way to exclude the 'Authored on' line, or would it be done within the theme?
You can disable with Drupal.
Goto to administer -> themes. Then click on the 'configure' tab. Look down for the section starting with "Display post information on". You should see a list of all the modules with content. If yoiu want to exclude the 'Authored on' line for one or more module uncheck the check box. Then click 'Save configuration' to save the changes.
Perfect.
Thank you once again. Didn't even know those options were there.
That is odd I don't see this
That is odd I don't see this in my drupal 4.6.2 using the bluemarine theme.
Under global settings
The ablitity to enable/disabable the display of author info is under global settings. Found under administer -> themes, click 'configure' tab (not per theme configure), should take you to 'gloabl settings' tab by default.
You are correct I overlooked
You are correct I overlooked the part where it says Enable or disable the "submitted by Username on date" text when displaying posts of the above type.
This is bad. This setting should be configurable per story, page, poll or whatever else. Not in just one central location.
Any ideas where I can submit the request for this to be changed.
What? no way.
You mean you want to be able to set 'per post' whether or not to display this information? In my opinion That would be a bad usability design. The UI is fun enough as it is.
In any case, information on how to submit a feature request in the handbook oddly enough.
-sp
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Well things like my privacy
Well things like my privacy policy doesn't need this information but stories do. It should still be a preference. It is my content after all?
You can configure it by node
You can configure it by node type. If you set it to not display on "pages" (appropriate for things like a privacy policy) but enable it on things like "stories" or "blogs" then you have what you want.
alternative
As yet another alternative the the other post, you can also build a flexinode content type for those 'custom' site information pages and use that for that kind of information. :)
-sp
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Misc Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
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Re: The path module
Just to be specific, this solution is providing a static URL, not a static (file based) web page.
Ie. the web page being accessed at the mydomain.com/subpage URL is still a dynamically generated Drupal web page.
Ben in DC
It's not a "static" url either
Actually, aliased URLs are NON-static -- they are being drawn from the database. In any case, there's no such thing as a static URL except insofar as the URL does not change and in the end, all things change.
These are what you would call "clean" URLs which generally means that they have no query string and, preferably means that they take a form that has inherent meaning to the site visitors.
When I attempt to enable the
When I attempt to enable the path function i don't seem able to create a static link as above. If I create a URL alias for, say, 'alias', when I try to access by local drupal installation with:
http://localhost/alias
I get a 404. If I write:
http://localhost/?q=alias
It works
Also, is there anyway to modify the theme based on the URL alias used?
Enable the "clean urls"
Enable the "clean urls" feature in the settings.
Uwe.
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